My Three year old refuses to be potty trained. She is driving me crazy. She is so strong willed. It feels like i have to be on her alllllll the time. I've finally gotten her to the point that she will go pee in the pot. But she won't poop in the pot to save her life. She so wants to be in pre-school.
I hear all the time "Momma, I need a new fwiend" "Momma, i want a best fwiend" I signed her up for a pre-school. I explained to the teach we were having some issues about potting training. The teacher said they would try it. She lasted two days. (it was a HUGE mess) Which i don't think helped at all. I'm just so upset for her. And i keep hearing Dr Phil in my head "IT AINT ABOUT YOU!" lol. But she is missing out on so much because she isn't potty trained. Before you start, i'm not punising her for her accidents. But she doesn't care if she has and accident, and i can have her sit on the potty for hours and she'll hold it and go poop her pants somewhere else. I knew she will eventually get it,,,, but when?
I'm also a bit depressed. I fianlly resigned myself to the fact that i won't be able to afford my childhood home. It was suppose to be sold to me next year, but i can't afford that big a morguage. So, i took a deep breathe and told my mom to offer it to my brother. I feel stuck in the place, no matter how lovingly it is.
Phoebe is about to turn a year old and I can't believe it. My beautiful sunshine.
Nine times out of ten, I'm a happy person. But i think the gray is showing through.
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as if you never get any advice on this, I'm gonna share my story...
First, either buy a toy she really wants and put it on top of the fridge or tell her that she can have the toy when...she earns ________ stars.
Then, find a way to make some stars. Construction paper, whatever, we bought some plain wooden ones in the arts and crafts part of walmart and put magnets on the back. Then, everytime she poops in the potty, (or pee's which ever you need to start with), give her a star, when she earns your set number of stars (we used 3), give her the toy on the fridge or buy her the toy. For us, since we have an aquarium, Walker was promised new fish or a toy and he chose the fish everytime instead of a toy.
Another method is to put a bag of skittles in a jar. Tell her when she uses the potty she can have ___ number of skittles. Then, give in to the candy thing. We didn't have to use this one and I'm glad b/c sugar sends my wild man over the edge.
We have accomplished a lot with the stars. We first used it for behavior, then for pee'ing in the potty, then pooping, and now brushing his teeth. We had to put a hault on each one as he mastered them as he was breaking us up and the fish tank was filling up.
Maybe one of these methods might work! Keep yourself sane!
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